as in road
a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel that railroad hasn't been used for passenger trains for decades

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Recent Examples of railroad Both courses, for example, feature several elevated island greens with some fronted by aesthetically pleasing wooden railroad ties that prove to be deadly to any golf ball that dares to make contact. Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 The railroad borrowed a piece of equipment from Metra that is essentially a wire brush towed behind a truck. Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024 The railroad called the terminus Cushman in honor of a railroad executive. arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024 As the truck crossed an unmarked railroad track, a freight train tore it in half. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for railroad 

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“Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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